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BrandSeagate
Hard Drive
Hard Drive Size3000 GB
Product Features
- 1TB/disk 7200 RPM platform provides affordable capacity up to 3TB
- Seagate OptiCache™ technology improves performance by up to 45%
- Seagate AcuTrac™ technology enables reliable read/write performance even in high touch operating environments
- Seagate SmartAlign™ technology for no-hassle transition to Advanced Format 4K sector technology
- Free DiscWizard™ software enables 3TB drive use on legacy PC BIOS as well as Windows XP-based systems
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Industry’s first 1TB-per-disk hard drive technology—lower your storage costs, maximize your capacity, Fast, 7200-RPM performance with every capacity, Reliable performance, even in tough environments, thanks to Seagate
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1 x ST3000DM001
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Stephen
Amazon Verified Purchase
What's there to say really? Personal choice of course, but I don't care what anyone says or what I read about Western Digital - I have purchased 8 x Seagate SATA II HDD's (some from Amazon) and all of them are perfect and without issue.
I read an awful lot about computers having trouble with any HDD size over the limit of 2.2TB's and I have to say I was a little dubious about purchasing my first 3TB drive. *Also note, Seagate are the VERY FIRST manufacturer to develop a 3TB drive that has 1TB each over 3 platters!* Where's WD now eh?
Anyway, yes I read up about my specific MoBo (Motherboard) and checked if it was capable of formatting/initializing the drive as 'GPT' instead of 'MBR'. Nothing was really conclusive online, so I decided to check around my own system via 'Manage' and found that GPT was an option.
I took the plunge, bought this drive, installled into my PC, formatted it as GPT instead of MBR and viola - instantly recognised as a 3000GB drive (or 2.72TB to be precise).
Anyway, excellent HDD, no issues, quick, silent, responsive - nothing bad to say at all.
I read an awful lot about computers having trouble with any HDD size over the limit of 2.2TB's and I have to say I was a little dubious about purchasing my first 3TB drive. *Also note, Seagate are the VERY FIRST manufacturer to develop a 3TB drive that has 1TB each over 3 platters!* Where's WD now eh?
Anyway, yes I read up about my specific MoBo (Motherboard) and checked if it was capable of formatting/initializing the drive as 'GPT' instead of 'MBR'. Nothing was really conclusive online, so I decided to check around my own system via 'Manage' and found that GPT was an option.
I took the plunge, bought this drive, installled into my PC, formatted it as GPT instead of MBR and viola - instantly recognised as a 3000GB drive (or 2.72TB to be precise).
Anyway, excellent HDD, no issues, quick, silent, responsive - nothing bad to say at all.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By rattler
Amazon Verified Purchase
It arrive before the time stated, easy to install and works fine running at the fast Sata speed. Have used it for my photo and video collections and have had no problem at all.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have so far bought four of these, two of which I am using in a RAID configuration and the others were bought on behalf of someone else, and I presume also for RAID.
I installed a pair (bought on my recommendation) in a RAID enclosure for someone only this week and discovered that the chosen enclosure had insufficient cooling and the heat built-up was such that it part-melted some of its internal plastics. In another enclosure, they are running quite cool but it has a fan which the first did not. If to be used for RAID, I would strongly suggest only using a fan-cooled enclosure.
They are fast, thanks to the motor speed, and allow about a 30% boost in transfer rate. They will be slightly faster on reads than on writes, but that is normal for all drives.
If to be used as an upgrade for a slower drive or one with lesser capacity, 3TB offers a better GB/� ratio than the 4TB drives which are slowly becoming available but which are still disproportionately expensive.
A faster, and less expensive, alternative to some of the 'Green' drives of the same capacity. Highly recommended.
I installed a pair (bought on my recommendation) in a RAID enclosure for someone only this week and discovered that the chosen enclosure had insufficient cooling and the heat built-up was such that it part-melted some of its internal plastics. In another enclosure, they are running quite cool but it has a fan which the first did not. If to be used for RAID, I would strongly suggest only using a fan-cooled enclosure.
They are fast, thanks to the motor speed, and allow about a 30% boost in transfer rate. They will be slightly faster on reads than on writes, but that is normal for all drives.
If to be used as an upgrade for a slower drive or one with lesser capacity, 3TB offers a better GB/� ratio than the 4TB drives which are slowly becoming available but which are still disproportionately expensive.
A faster, and less expensive, alternative to some of the 'Green' drives of the same capacity. Highly recommended.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Over 3TB as system boot drive!
First off,I have found this drive to be quiet, relatively fast and good value at �112.00.Plus you get a good warranty,I would therefore recommend this drive if you are confident... Read more
Published 21 days ago by Korin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great drives, highly recommended
So far I have brought 6 discs at 3TB each. 4 of them are for my NAS drive, a QNAP TS-412 and they just fitted in and worked, it really was that easy. Read more
Published 26 days ago by G. Cooper
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beware!
Watch out for problems with the BIOS and external docks which don't like such large discs. Had probs both with Win 7 and OSX 10.7. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Gonzolagonda
5.0 out of 5 stars
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Published 2 months ago by Jorge Davi Da Borges
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great hard drive, just plug it in...
Recently built a new PC and delayed buying a hard drive due to the high prices. Finally found this drive on Amazon at �120 for 3TB, which is roughly the same price as last I bought... Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Mogensen
5.0 out of 5 stars
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